For those of you who aren’t as online as me and most likely missed out on all of my social media posts, I spent the last two months covering New York state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as it rapidly drew up all the oxygen in the media– and our day-to-day lives.

I have actually been playing lots of catch up with many of my sources this week and I’m sure there are lots of stories I have actually missed over the past two months.

Cannabis revenues– highlighted by Curaleaf and Trulieve— appear to have actually been an intense spot in the larger recession-tinged market.

I likewise participated in a Zoom panel with some top-tier cannabis press reporters and PRs about opening up a better line of interaction between publicists and the media.

Drop me a line if you have an idea of what I must be covering or who I need to be talking to. You can find my contact details below. We have great deals of excellent stories coming next week.

Secret financiers, like former Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton, hail from the cannabis sector. Others, like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel have actually been interested in the industry for several years now.

We identified the leading 9 business that are working to turn psychedelics into authorized medications, for conditions like depression and anxiety.

Champignon Brands, a startup developing ketamine and psychedelic treatments, revealed a $10 million private positioning with Canaccord Genuity and Eight Capital, two of the Canadian midsize investment banks that led cannabis capital markets from the start. View this space.

This one comes from Cowen’s marijuana expert, Vivien Azer, in her US marijuana deep dive, citing information from the Center for Responsive Politics.

As you can see, cannabis business spend slightly more proportionally than their “vice industry” peers on lobbying state and federal governments. In overall, nevertheless, marijuana lobbying pales in contrast to alcohol and tobacco lobbying.

Cannabis business spent $5.3 million on lobbying in 2019, compared to near $30 million for tobacco and alcohol in2019

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